Yemen: The Bradt Travel Guide

By Daniel McLaughlin

Yemen is shrugging off its image of being a country with a security issue, to reveal its stunning landscape and fascinating culture - justifiably worth visiting by professional archaeologists, historians, the business traveller, or those making the most of Yemen's adventure sports, such as hiking and scuba-diving. All will gain thrills treading on ground which is the site of the Sabaean dynasty, the era of the fabled Queen of Sheba. Yemen is undoubtedly the choice of those interested in digging deeper into regional culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841622125
• ISBN13: 9781841622125
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Relevant and practical

The Guide not only provides critical, practical information but it also provides intelligent socio-cultural, economic and political background to help the travelor try to better understand Yemen's amamazing diversity and confounding complexities. The Guide's author has a close connection to Yemen and the guide is therefore a good companion. As always, more detailed maps of the major cities would be welcome.

Overall a good guidebook

Overall this is a good guidebook. I used it on my trip to Yemen. Especially good is the introduction where the history is covered in depth.

Entertaining and informative

This guide is a perfect introduction to Yemen for those who've never been, but would work equally well as a guidebook for those who have already explored the country and are eager to travel there again. With a montage of descriptions, anecdotes and instructions, Mr. McLaughlin has crafted a succinct travel guide that will both charm and inform.